June 21
TEXAS:
Suspect charged with capital murder in slaying of Houston
10-month-oldBefore he was accused of killing a 10-month-old, Jared Balogun
had been arrested repeatedly.
6 days after a 10-month-old was shot in his father's arms, a Houston man was
charged with capital mu
June 20
TEXAS:
Thousands in jury pool for Zoe Hastings murder trial
Work has started on finding a jury for the trial of a man accused of killing an
18-year-old Dallas woman in 2015.
About 3,000 Dallas County residents will be called in and fill out
questionnaires so prosecutors and
June 17
TEXAS:
Larry Fitzgerald, face for Texas death row, dies at 79
Larry Fitzgerald, former Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman, sits
on the sofa in his living room in what had been his quarters in Huntsville. He
witnessed more than 200 executions during his 8 years as t
June 15
TEXAS:
Execution halted for man who murders lady realtor in model home
A Texas man facing the death penalty for the stabbing murder of a real estate
agent saw his own life spared, at least temporarily.
Kosul Chanthakoummane, who was scheduled to die by lethal injection on Jul
June 13
TEXAS:new execution date
William Rayford has received an execution date for January 30, 2018; it should
be considered serious.
Executions under Greg Abbott, Jan. 21, 2015-present24
Executions in Texas: Dec. 7, 1982present-543
Abbott#scheduled execution
June 12
TEXAS:
Rodney Reed's mother hopes finding of false testimony leads to 'justice'
The mother of death row inmate Rodney Reed said Saturday she is guardedly
optimistic about her son's chances for freedom after the Texas Court of
Criminal Appeals ruled prosecutors presented "false
June 11
TEXAS:
Don't execute people with intellectual disabilities
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has the opportunity in the case of Bobby
James Moore, a death row inmate with severe intellectual disability, to bring
the state's capital punishment standards in line with those esta
June 10
TEXAS:
Death penalty sought for alleged hitman accused of killing Uptown dentist
The Dallas County district attorney's office is seeking the death penalty
against the man accused of shooting a dentist in a murder-for-hire plot.
Authorities say a love triangle may have led to
June 8
TEXASstay of impending execution
Execution halted for man convicted in Texas real estate agent's murderThe
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday halted the execution of a man
convicted in the murder of a McKinney real estate agent in 2007.
Another Texas execution
June 7
TEXASnew execution date
Judge signs execution warrant for Clinton YoungClinton Young was sentenced
to death in 2003 for 2 murders committed in 2001.
The 33-year-old has an execution date of Oct. 26 at the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice Huntsville Unit.
Judge Rob
June 3
TEXAS:
Is the death penalty dying in Dallas County?
The crimes were heinous but Dallas County jurors couldn't condemn the convicted
killers.
A college student killed 3 people at a drug house in a premeditated robbery.
A former special education teacher and U.S. Army veteran
June 1
TEXAS:
Death Row Solitary: 'Their Walls Have Driven Them Mad'
Anthony Graves emerged from solitary confinement over 6 years ago to become a
national crusader for justice reform, but it took a recent report by
researchers at the University of Texas at Austin to add new urgency to
May 31
TEXAS:
Capital murder trial nears for suspect in girl's death
Trial is weeks away in the case of capital murder suspect Isidro Miguel
Delacruz, 26, who is accused of killing his ex-girlfriend's 5-year-old daughter
on Sept. 2, 2014.
Delacruz is scheduled to appear for a pretria
May 26
TEXAS:
Appeals court: Names of Texas execution drug suppliers should have been public
A Texas appeals court ruled Thursday against expanding government secrecy in a
case involving the public's right to know who supplies the lethal drugs Texas
uses to execute death row inmates
May 25
TEXAS:
Was a convicted murderer incompetent to stand trial - 6 years ago?Fort Bend
County jurors wrestle with a rare retrospective question
Albert James Turner was convicted in 2011 of murder in the deaths of his
mother-in-law and wife. The jury sentenced him to death - a c
May 20
TEXAS:
Inmate facing death penalty appears in Bowie County court
A Texas prison inmate accused of bludgeoning a correctional officer at the
Barry Telford Unit to death in 2015 appeared in court Friday for a pretrial
hearing.
Billy Joel Tracy, 39, was flanked by a cadre of Tex
May 19
TEXAS:
Court lifts reprieve for Nicaraguan man on Texas death row
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday lifted a reprieve it gave a
Nicaraguan man a day before he was to be executed 2 years ago for killing a
Houston high school teacher during a 1997 robbery.
The stat
May 18
TEXAS:
Court lifts reprieve for Nicaraguan man on Texas death row
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday lifted a reprieve it gave a
Nicaraguan man a day before he was to be executed 2 years ago for killing a
Houston high school teacher during a 1997 robbery.
The st
May 17
TEXAS:
Lawyer says DNA, prints don’t prove Steven Thomas killed woman
The judges on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals heard arguments Wednesday
about the case of Steven Thomas who was given the death penalty in 2014 after
he was convicted of the capital murder of a Williamson
May 17
TEXASVienna Convention issues for foreign national
Court refuses to hear appealNo execution date set for Mexican man convicted
of killing family found buried
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to review an appeal from a Mexican
citizen sentenced to death for the
May 16
TEXASexecution date re-set
Steven Long's execution date has been re-set for August 30; it should be
considered serious.
Executions under Greg Abbott, Jan. 21, 2015-present24
Executions in Texas: Dec. 7, 1982present-543
Abbott#scheduled execution date--
May 13
TEXASstay of impending execution
Fort Worth death row inmate gets second stay of execution this year
An appeals court has postponed a 2nd execution date for a death row inmate from
Fort Worth who was scheduled to die next week.
In an order issued Friday, the Texas Court o
May 12
TEXAS:
Deadly gamesThe Court of Criminal Appeals must treat executions with a new
sense of skepticism.
How can you tell if a criminal is too mentally disabled to merit the death
penalty?
If you're a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, you look at the prevailing
standards o
May 11
TEXASimpending execution
Death Watch: The Capital of Capital PunishmentTilon Carter set for
execution - again
For the 2nd time this year, Tilon Carter faces execution - this time, he's set
for Huntsville's gurney next Tuesday, May 16. Carter was convicted of capital
m
May 10
TEXASimpending execution
Texas Gives Tilon Carter Execution Date of May 16, 2017
Tilon Lashon Carter is scheduled to be executed at 6 pm CST, on Tuesday, May
16, 2017, at the Walls Unit in the Huntsville State Penitentiary in Huntsville,
Texas. 37-year-old Tilon is convicted
May 9
TEXASnew death sentence
Joseph Colone Jr. sentenced to death
Joseph Colone Jr. has been sentenced to death in the 2010 double killings of
Mary Goodman and her 16-year-old daughter Briana at their South End Beaumont
home.
Both sides rested Monday in the sentencing phase of
May 6
TEXAS:
State's Narrow Disability Definition Resulted In Unconstitutional Death
Sentence
In 1985, Pedro Solis Sosa was sentenced to death for kidnapping and killing a
sheriff's deputy in Wilson County. Prosecutors alleged that Sosa killed Ollie
Childress Jr. with the officer's
May 5
TEXAS:
College football stars could face death penalty after grand jury indicts them
on capital murder charges over the fatal shooting of a man, 29, during a
botched marijuana robbery
2 college football stars are facing a murder trial over the fatal shooting of a
29-year-old m
May 4
TEXAS:
13 % of Texas death row inmates wait 25 years or more for execution
Texas has executed 23 inmates since 2014, but 32 of the 238 condemned inmates
have been awaiting execution for 25 years or more. That wait is nearly a decade
more than the average time elapsed between convi
May 3
TEXAS:
Former Texas Prosecutor Probably Sent Innocent Man to His Death. Now He's on
Trial for Misconduct.
The courthouse in Corsicana, Texas, roughly 60 miles southeast of Dallas, has
been meticulously restored to its original 1905 glory, a time when the county
was awash in oil
May 2
TEXAS:
Man accused of killing Corpus Christi woman could face death penalty
A man accused of killing his girlfriend and leaving her body in a grassy ditch
last summer is slated to stand trial in September, and could face death
penalty.
Nigel Green is charged with capital murder
April 27
TEXAS:
Texas Sues Trump Administration To Recover Execution Drugs It Bought From
IndiaTexas and 2 other states bought a massive amount of execution drugs
from India. The FDA says the drug is illegal to import, so Texas is taking them
to court.
On Wednesday, Texas followed
April 25
TEXAS:
Texas Prisons Violate Internationally Recognized Human Rights Standards: Report
Prisons in Texas are in violation of international human rights standards and
deny civil rights of its prisoners on death row kept in solitary confinement, a
report released Monday by the H
April 23
TEXAS:
Death Sentence on Line for Would-Be Rapper in Triple KillingA former
University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff student who once aspired to become a famous
rapper now faces a possible death penalty in a Dallas triple slaying.
A former University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff stud
April 21
TEXAS:
Smith County District Attorney to seek death penalty in Kayla Gomez-Orozco case
When the Bullard man accused of abducting and killing 10-year-old Kayla
Gomez-Orozco goes on trial in October, he will be facing the death penalty if
found guilty.
Smith County District At
April 20
TEXAS:
Texas man convicted in double slaying gets Supreme Court hearing MondayThe
U.S. Supreme Court, including its newest justice, Neil Gorsuch, will decide on
a legal technicality in the case of a Fort Worth man who killed a 5-year-old
girl and her grandmother.
The n
April 19
TEXAS:
Condemned inmate avoids execution with life sentence for Houston crime spree
A North Carolina man who spent years on Texas' death row awaiting execution was
sentenced Monday to 4 consecutive life sentences, a plea bargain that Harris
County prosecutors hope will keep h
April 18
TEXAS:
5 death penalty reform bills heard in Texas House committee5 death penalty
bills were heard in a seven-hour-long meeting at the Capitol Monday night.
The death penalty was a hot topic at the Texas Capitol Monday night.
Testimony on 5 capital punishment bills was hea
April 17
TEXAS:
Texas death penalty practice deserves abolition
Arkansas wants to execute 8 people over the next 10 days. The state's stock of
Midazolam, a sedative used for lethal-injection, is due to expire at the end of
the April. Not one to let taxpayer dollars go to waste, Gov. Asa
April 14
TEXAS:
Court grants Duane Buck relief that could remove him from Texas death row
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has granted Texas death-row inmate Duane Buck
the right to pursue his claims of ineffective counsel and relief under a rule
that covers mistakes and neglect - a
April 13
TEXAS:
Death Row Inmate Rodney Reed Loses DNA Appeal
The state's top criminal appeals court is refusing to allow additional DNA
testing of evidence in the lengthy Central Texas death penalty case of Rodney
Reed.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals says the request by Reed's
April 11
TEXAS:
You don't have to be a bleeding heart to oppose the death penalty
What should happen now to the convicted murderer Paul David Storey? Nothing.
"Nothing" would mean leaving Storey to live out the rest of his days at his
current address in prison.
Late last week, the T
April 9
TEXAS:
Putt-Putt killer gets stay of execution, but 'case is far from over'
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted a stay of execution Friday for a
man convicted in the 2006 murder of an assistant manager of a Putt-Putt golf
park in Hurst.
Paul Storey, 32, who was convi
April 8
TEXASstay of impending execution
Texas court halts execution after parents seek mercy for their son's killer
Texas' top criminal court on Friday halted the scheduled execution of Paul
Storey after the parents of the man he killed said they did not want him to
die.
The Tex
April 7
TEXASstay of impending execution
Texas court halts execution of man amid claims of false evidence
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has halted the execution of Paul Storey,
which was set for Wednesday.
In a three-page order Friday afternoon, the court sent the case ba
April 7
TEXAS:
Dallas County district attorney's office to show mercy to 'lost souls'
The new Dallas County district attorney and her first assistant view the people
who go through the criminal court system as "lost souls or monsters."
Faith Johnson says her job as district attorney
April 6
TEXASimpending execution
Death Watch: No Comfort, No ClosureJonas Cherry's parents don't want their
son's killer killed
32-year-old Paul Storey is the 5th person set for a state killing this year,
his execution date currently set for Wednesday, April 12. In 2006, Stor
April 5
TEXAS:
Dallas County district attorney's office to show mercy to 'lost souls'
The new Dallas County district attorney and her first assistant view the people
who go through the criminal court system as "lost souls or monsters."
Faith Johnson says her job as district attorney d
April 4
TEXAS:
Supreme Court Will Take up 3rd Harris County Death Penalty Case This Year
After recently ruling in favor of 2 Harris County death row inmates, the U.S.
Supreme Court is poised to take up yet another Houston death penalty case this
year.
Carlos Ayestas was sentenced to
April 3
TEXAS:
Texas House to hear 2 death penalty bills today
2 death penalty bills will be heard in committee Monday April 3, 2017 at the
Texas House of Representatives in Austin, TX.
The 1st one is House Bill 3054 by Herrero (D-Robstown). Herrero is presenting a
revision in jury
April 2
TEXAS:
Smith County judges eye pay increase for court-appointed attorneys in capital
murder death penalty cases
The dwindling number of Smith County defense attorneys who are willing to take
on capital murder death penalty cases for indigent defendants has prompted
local dist
April 1
TEXAS:
As execution looms, juror in Hurst Putt-Putt murder hopes to change law
When Sven Berger looked around at the other jurors in the deliberation room
during a 2008 capital murder trial, he knew that the majority wanted the death
penalty. He also knew he didn't.
But he vo
March 31
TEXAS:
Texas Executions May Slow Down, But Won't Stop
Texas executes more people than any state, but a U.S. Supreme Court ruling this
week that spared the life of a mentally disabled Texan and proposed legal
reforms are forcing it to confront its fondness for capital punishmen
March 29
TEXAS:
Texas Must Broaden Death-Penalty Exemption, High Court Says
A divided U.S. Supreme Court said Texas must broaden its death-penalty
exemption for people who are intellectually disabled, ruling that the state was
violating the Constitution by using outdated medical standar
March 28
TEXAS:
Justices side with Texas death row inmate who argued intellectual disability
The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with a Texas man on death row who argued he
was mentally disabled and could not be executed.
In a 5-3 ruling, the court said the state's definition and standa
March 28
TEXASimpending execution
Texas death penalty juror hopes to change law as execution loomsAs Paul
Storey's execution looms, 1 juror is asking the Texas Legislature to clarify
the jury instructions in death penalty cases, claiming he didn't know he alone
could have stoppe
March 25
TEXASimpending execution
Hurst parents make video plea to Abbott to spare their son's murdererGlenn
and Judy Cherry are pleading that Governor Greg Abbott save the life of Paul
Storey, one of the men who killed their son and was condemned to death.
What his jurors did
March 24
TEXAS:
The Trouble with InnocenceFor almost 40 years, Kerry Max Cook did
everything to clear his name after being convicted of a horrifying murder in
Tyler. So when he was finally exonerated, why did he ask for his conviction
back?
June 6, 2016, convicted murderer Kerry
March 22
TEXAS:
Fill gaps in capital case trial lawyers
The shrinking list of lawyers qualified to handle the growing list of capital
murder defendants in Bexar County does not bode well for the criminal justice
system.
With 68 capital murder cases pending and only 11 lawyers living
March 21
TEXASimpending execution
Parents of slain Hurst Putt-Putt manager seek to halt killer's executio
The parents of a man slain during a robbery in 2006 in Northeast Tarrant County
have signed an affidavit calling on the state not to execute one of the killers
next month.
G
March 20
TEXAS:
Severe mental illness and the death penalty
Over the course of our state's history, people with severe mental illnesses
have faced serious consequences in the criminal justice system. All too often,
these individuals faced capital punishment, a sentence that frequently
March 9
TEXASimpending execution
Death Watch: "No Need" for Mental TestsJames Bigby will be the 4th Texan
executed in 2017
James Bigby, 61, is scheduled to be the 4th Texan executed this year when he
goes to the Huntsville gurney on Tuesday, March 14. The Fort Worth native has
March 8
TEXASexecution
Texas killer Ruiz apologizes for '92 contract murder before execution"Words
cannot begin to express how sorry I am," the condemned prisoner said in his
final statement.
After the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his last appeal, condemned contract
killer Ro
March 7
TEXASexecution
SA hit man Rolando Ruiz executed after Supreme Court denies appeals
The U.S. Supreme Court denied the appeals from attorneys trying to keep a paid
hit man from execution in Texas for gunning down a San Antonio woman in a life
insurance scheme nearly a quarter
March 7
TEXASimpending execution
Hit man in San Antonio murder-for-hire slaying set to dieRolando Ruiz is
scheduled to die for the murder-for-hire slaying he carried out more than 24
years ago
Rolando Ruiz walked up to a car as it pulled into the driveway of a San Antonio
ho
March 4
TEXASimpending executions
Texas Prepares for Execution of Rolando Ruiz on March 7, 2017
Rolando Ruiz, Jr., is scheduled to be executed at 6 pm CST, on Tuesday, March
7, 2017, at the Walls Unit of the Huntsville State Penitentiary in Huntsville,
Texas. 44-year-old Rolando i
March 2
TEXAS-new execution date
Condemned killer in San Antonio robbery set to die May 24
A 35-year-old San Antonio man on death row for a fatal shooting during a
robbery more than 13 years ago has been set to die.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jason Clark said T
Feb. 28
TEXAS:
SCOTUS refuses appeals from 3 on Texas death row The U.S. Supreme Court
refused to review appeals in 3 Texas death row cases, including one where a man
pleaded guilty to a triple slaying
The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to review appeals in 3 Texas death row
Feb. 27
TEXAS:
Murder suspect wears shock device at hearing
Crime lab testing and security measures were discussed at a hearing Friday for
a Texas prison inmate accused of beating a correctional officer to death at the
Barry Telford Unit in New Boston in 2015.
The state is seeking th
Feb. 25
TEXAS:
State seeks death penalty for man accused of killing correctional officer
A man accused of killing a Texas Department of Criminal Justice officer was
indicted for capital murder by a Jones County grand jury Friday, and according
to Jones County District Attorney Joe Edd
Feb. 24
TEXAS:
Family sues in jail suicide of death row inmate who hoped to overturn
conviction
The family of a death row inmate who died at Harris County Jail while in
Houston to appeal his conviction are suing county officials for his wrongful
death by suicide 2 years ago.
Antoni
Feb. 23
TEXAS:
High court denies Texans' appeals
2 Texans on death row for separate slayings in the Dallas- Fort Worth area have
lost appeals before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Without comment, the justices refused Monday to review the cases of 52-year-old
Joseph Lave and 54-year-old J
Feb. 23
TEXAS:
Supreme Court grants Texas death row inmate Duane Buck new hearing
The U.S. Supreme Court grant condemned Houston murderer Duane Buck the right to
ask for a new court hearing on his death sentence.
In a 6-2 decision, the high court mandated that Duane Buck, who has arg
Feb. 22
TEXAS:
Supreme Court blocks death sentence over racial bias
The Supreme Court blocked the execution of a Texas murderer Wednesday
because of racially discriminatory testimony presented by his own
defense team.
The 6-2 ruling was the second in the court's new term to overturn a de
Feb. 19
TEXAS:
Conference held in Austin to abolish the death penalty
A group of Texans wanting to get rid of the penalty heard a different
perspective on the act of executing someone during a conference Saturday in
Austin.
The Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty brought tog
Feb. 18
TEXAS:
Faith leaders support death-row inmate's religious discrimination claim
More than 500 faith leaders across the country have endorsed a statement
calling for a new trial for a Texas death row inmate claiming religious
discrimination in the selection of his jury.
Nationa
Feb. 17
TEXAS:
Lining Up a ConvictionA suggestive photo lineup put Juan Balderas on death
row. Experts say he may have been wrongfully convicted, but will he get a new
trial in time?
At first glance, the photo lineup that helped send Juan Balderas to death row
doesn't look too unu
Feb. 15
TEXAS:
Sabine County grand jury re-indicts man accused in baby death for capital
murder
A 27-year-old Pineland man who was arrested back in December of 2014 in
connection to the death of his girlfriend's 5-month-old daughter has been
re-indicted on a capital murder charge, ac
Feb. 11
TEXAS:
Meet the Texas warden who supervised the most executions
People against the death penalty protest outside the Walls Unit in Huntsville,
Texas.
It's execution day, and there have been no last minute reprieves.
"I don't think we've ever executed an innocent person," said
Feb. 10
TEXASnew execution date
New death date for inmate spared from execution this week
A Texas death row inmate whose execution date scheduled for this week was
halted because of a legal technicality has received a new execution date.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokes
Feb. 9
TEXAS:
Montgomery County DA's Office requests new execution date for Swearingen
The Montgomery County District Attorney's Office asked a judge Tuesday to set a
Sept. 21 execution date for Larry Swearingen, the Willis man sentenced to death
for murdering a teenage Montgomery Col
Feb. 7
TEXAS:
Death penalty trial starts Monday
The death penalty trial of Michael Dwayne Bowman, 33, is set to begin in a
Troup County Superior courtroom Monday morning.
Bowman is accused of shooting and killing Griffin Police Officer Kevin Jordan,
43, while he was working an off-d
Feb. 4
TEXASstay of impending execution
Execution halted days before Fort Worth man was set to dieTilon Carter, 37,
received a stay Friday afternoon from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. His
execution was set for Tuesday.
For the 2nd time this week, a Texas execution has b
Feb . 2
TEXASimpending execution
Death Watch: "An Intentional Smothering"Tilon Carter says he never meant to
kill James Tomlin
Tilon Carter faces execution on Tuesday, Feb. 7, after 10 years on death row.
The 37-year-old was convicted of capital murder in a Tarrant County court
Feb. 1
TEXASstay of impending execution
Execution halted for man convicted in Corpus Christi stabbing death2 days
before death row inmate John Ramirez was scheduled to be executed, a federal
district court in Corpus Christi halted the execution.
A federal district court in Cor
Jan. 29
TEXAS:
Judge tells murder suspect he appointed 'best lawyers I could find'
A Texas prison inmate's desire for a new lawyer in his Bowie County capital
murder case was the subject of much discussion at a pretrial hearing Friday.
"If I wanted him off my case, I could just assau
Jan. 28
TEXAS:
Report: Texas bought seized execution drugs from India
Texas prison officials in 2015 arranged to buy lethal-injection drugs from a
company in India that was busted for selling psychotropic drugs and opioids
illegally to people in Europe and the United States, a new rep
Jan. 27
TEXAS:
Texas prisoner dies of lethal injection after last-minute appeal fails The
US supreme court rejects a plea from Terry Edwards' attorneys for stay of
execution and reinvestigation of 'flawed' murder conviction
There was no clear gunshot residue from the murder weap
Jan. 27
TEXASexecution
A man convicted of committing a fatal robbery at a Balch Springs Subway shop
weeks after he was fired from his job there was executed at a Texas prison.
43-year-old Terry Edwards was put to death by lethal injection late Thursday
for the $3,000 holdup at a S
Jan. 26
TEXAS:
Supreme Court rejects appeal for inmate convicted of Dallas-area murders
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to block the execution of a Texas prisoner
condemned for committing a fatal robbery at a Balch Springs sandwich shop weeks
after he was fired from his job there.
Terr
TEXAS:
Execution delayed for inmate convicted of Dallas-area murders
Texas prison officials have temporarily delayed the scheduled execution of a
43-year-old convicted killer while the U.S. Supreme Court considers multiple
appeals intended to keep him from lethal injection.
Attorneys fo
Jan. 26
TEXASimpending execution
Unequal Under the Law: The Troubling Case of Terry Edwards, Set to Be Executed
on Thursday
They removed all the black folks from the pool of potential jurors.
In the trial of a black man convicted of killing 2 white folks.
Not in 1950 ... but in 20
Jan. 25
TEXASimpending execution
Texas Appeals Court Refuses To Block Thursday Execution
Texas' highest criminal court has refused to stop this week's execution of a
43-year-old man convicted of a suburban Dallas sandwich shop robbery where 2
employees were fatally shot.
The Texa
Jan. 24
TEXAS:
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Abbott#scheduled execution date-nameTx. #
22-January 26---Terry Edwards-540
23-February 2--
Jan. 24
TEXASimpending execution
Is Texas About to Execute an Innocent Man?Terry Edwards' murder conviction
is irrevocably flawed.
Unless the courts or Gov. Greg Abbott step in to stop it, Texas will execute
Terry Edwards on Thursday. This would be a reprehensible miscarriage
Jan. 20
TEXAS:
Nueces County judges have more capital murder cases than capable lawyers to
appoint
Nueces County has too many capital murder defendants and not enough defense
lawyers.
When appointing lawyers to indigent defendants accused of the most serious
offense, state distric
Jan. 19
TEXASimpending execution re-set
Execution of Dallas-Area Real Estate Agent's Killer Reset
Kosoul Chanthakoumanne's execution has been reset for July 19.
Next week's scheduled execution of a North Carolina parolee convicted of
killing a suburban Dallas real estate agent mor
Jan. 17
TEXASbook review
Grace and Justice on Death Row: The Race Against Time and Texas to Free an
Innocent Man, Reviewed The new book from Alexandria-based lawyer Brian W.
Stolarz chronicles the long road to getting an innocent man off death row.
According to Amnesty Intern
Jan. 15
TEXAS:
DNA evidence to be analyzed again in death penalty case appeal
A lawyer for Steven Thomas, who faces the death penalty after being convicted
of capital murder in Williamson County, says some of the DNA evidence presented
at the trial was false, according to court documen
Jan. 14
TEXAS:
Supreme Court to review Texas death penalty caseThe U.S. Supreme Court said
Friday it would review the legal complexities in a Texas death penalty case,
where a man killed a 5-year-old and her grandmother.
The U.S. Supreme Court will review the death penalty case o
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